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Terms Used In Alabama Code 43-2-551

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

The remaining or succeeding executor or administrator of the estate of the decedent, if there be one, must be made a party to such settlement and, if a resident of this state, must have personal notice of the time of making the same served on him at least 10 days before the day appointed therefor.